The Cycling Platform Utrecht finds it very strange that new drivers are taught this. “It’s about being alert, I understand that, but that’s how you teach someone that a cyclist is aggressive,” says Laurens Hitman, chairman of the platform. Cycling groups shout to each other to warn of an oncoming vehicle, says Hitman. “This may seem aggressive, but that is not the intention.”
Outrage over car theory book that describes cyclists as ‘aggressive road users’
